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January 31, 2005
Action Verbs For your Resume
Which one is right for you? A simple quiz from TheNetworkAdministrator.com: “Should I become an astronaut, a firefighter, or a system administrator?”
The Becky Klemt Letter, by a lawyer in Laramie, WY. (From ”Bag and Baggage”)
Australian John Lycette’s Not My Type - Life in a modern office
A near-interview with Steve Jobs, nearly conducted on the convention floor by Andy Ihnatko
How to Sell Your Boss. Selling your boss is critical to your success. If you can’t get your boss’s approval when you need it, you are not going to go very far in your career. (From a good blog by Michael Hyatt, “Working Smart”)
Your job sucks, but you can still smile at work all the time
Dumb Action Figures: Say hello to GeekMan, Bossman, and MoneyMan. (From “Sciatica”)
Power Verb List for effective resumes
Top 10 Reasons to Work at Google. No. 11: Gourmet lunches
An oldie: Insults to Use at Work. “This day was a total waste of makeup”
Clientcopia: Stupid Client Quotes. Example:
Client: "This looks like crap. Why did you make it like this?"
Me: "You asked me too."
Client: "If you knew it was going to look like this, why did you even bother?"
Me: "Because I charge you by the hour."
The above link is from Today’s Blog of the Day, “Details, details, details”. If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
Picture above: “Our agents at work”, taken at the Champion Company, around 3PM. Many More Unusual Professions Here
January 31, 2005 in Jobs | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
January 30, 2005
Down Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles at Work 1920 - 1939
1902 map of Los Angeles
“LA Blogs” composed an animated drive down Melrose Ave., a la the new, hot A9 Yellow Pages
Mark Evanier writes about the Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax Avenue, across the street from Fairfax High School. Also, “The first time I set foot in the Ambassador, it was 1961, I was nine and Mr. Disney was about to release a new movie called 101 Dalmatians…”
10050 Cielo Drive, the Tate/Polanski Residence
Fundamental differences between LA and OC -
In OC: parking tickets don't make up 90% of the county's GDP.
In LA: your chances of being run off the road by some off-her-anti-psychotic-meds Botoxed bitch behind the wheel of a Hummer are significantly less...
The Los Angeles Universal Conversation Generator: “So, I like went to [shopping establishment] to find [trendy item]. But when I got there, they were totally out. So instead I got this [comically ugly trendier item]. Don't you love it?…”
City of Los Angeles High School Math Proficiency Exam
The Sunset Room
Office of The Assessor's Parcel Viewer
Many More Unusual Links About Los Angeles and Orange County Here
January 30, 2005 in Los Angeles | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
“All the knowledge we lost with information”
All (?) of PBS special programs, more than 1,000 PBS television specials!
Rand corp's 1946 random numbers book is sold on Amazon, and the reviews are raving! Browse outstanding chapters, but note “The material is copyrighted”. Only $30 & This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. See details inside
The Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition:
14) Anything stolen is pure profit…
70) Get the money first, then let the buyers worry about collecting the merchandise.
214) Never begin a business negotiation on a empty stomach…
Table Tennis Links! Many more comrehensive guides at The Research Guide for Students
The Best Online Reference Sites, from “Search Engine Watch”
By the way: Who is the mystery professor above? (Hint: He is not a graduate of Duke University.) Many More Unusual Bits of Information Here
January 30, 2005 in Information | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
# 9
Revolution #9 backwards. Remember when the "White Album" came out and we were worried that Paul might be dead? Remember ruining our needles playing songs backwards searching for hidden messages? Remember wondering what the entire song of "Revolution #9" would sound like backwards?
Which Beatles song is it? (By “Flobberlob” )
Rocky Raccoon, nicely performed by Phillip, Steel White Table’s brother
John Lennon and George Harrison's Official Website from the Afterlife
The Beatles Video/Audio Page (some rare)
Alan Aldridge’s Beatles Illustrations. Aldridge was best known for his Beatles Illustrated Lyrics. (From this MetaFilter thread)
Scans of Beatles' bootleg covers
The entire 1966 album 'Revolver', mashed by ccc available for download, February 2005
Steve Hoffman answers: What compressor did the Beatles use at Abbey Road Studios?
John & Yoko’s War is Over billboard blitz
Was all over the place last month: Meet the Beastles
Btw, Happy birthday, Dick
Many More Unusual Beatles Links and Unusual Zappa Links Here
January 30, 2005 in Music - Beatles | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Here’s your election gun, now you are democratic
First of all, get your hot news stories right here: If it bleeds, it leads, with The Liberty Beast News Report! (Thank you, Nick of “Blanketfort”)
This election is a sham, by Salim Lone
We are all criminals: The invasion of Iraq was a crime of gigantic proportions, for which politicians, the media and the public share responsibility
Al Basrah: Why read Aljazeera, when you can get your news about the Iraqi resistance directly from the source?
Iraq Uncensored by seven independent photographers
Eliot Weinberger’s What I Heard about Iraq. I heard the Pentagon spokesman say: ‘This is not going to be your father’s Persian Gulf War.’
Microwaving Iraq - Is Iraq becoming a “saturation environment” of electromagnetic radiation? (From “Young Fox”)
Trailer of a Documentary ”Gunner Palace”: MTV goes to Sadr City
Juan Cole: The Speech Bush Should have Given in fall, 2002, as he was trying to convince Congress to give him the authority to go to war against Iraq
Elsewhere in the news: The submarine USS San Francisco in dry dock to assess damage sustained after running aground
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is by George Monbiot, author of “The Age of Consent”. If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
Many More Unusual Headline News and A Whole Section About The War Against Iraq Here
January 30, 2005 in Current News | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
How to Make a Million Dollars - Guaranteed
Tobias Wong’s Money Pad: Peel as you go
Kate Bingaman’s Obsessive Consumption: Trying to get out of credit card debt and documenting the process. “I have committed myself to drawing all of my credit card statements (six total) every month until they are paid off . I have shifted my focus from buying to owing. Instead of asking viewers: What did you buy? I am asking viewers: Who do you owe?
Welcome to The Billion Dollar Quest. Hello. My name is Alex. I am 26 years old, and currently live near Ithaca, NY... I quit my job 5 months ago to pursue a dream… in the next 3 months my "business" will begin to make some money and within about 10 years I will have made a billion dollars…
If you are interested in much less, here’s How to Make a Million Dollars in Profit - Guaranteed
Current Value of Old Money. A frequent question is "how much would a specified amount of money at a certain period of time be worth today?" The sources listed below are useful in attempting to answer this question. (From “Two Things”)
Cash to Credit: The Evolution of Consumer Credit in America
How to save $18,000 on a $49,000 annual income
The 1933 Double Eagle Gold is considered to be the world's most expensive coin
Was making the rounds: The Money Wallet
“Making a million dollars is the simplest thing in the world. Just find a product that sells for $2000 and that you can buy at a cost of $1000, and sell a thousand of them”. More Ways Of Making a billion dollars Here
January 30, 2005 in Money & Finances | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack
January 29, 2005
Sugar high
Guess The Dessert. Hint: From “Noodlepie”, a blog about “scoff & swill in Saigon”
Is your ice cream missing something? Help control the pet population. From “Late Train”, again. This is not a joke. Try also, Horse flavored ice cream. Or how about a frozen Christmas manu: Turkey, sprout, sage and onion stuffing, mashed potato ice cream. Wacky ketchup
Mike's Candy Bar Wrapper Page: Sure, it all makes perfect sense now…
Why did the US 2004 military budget run up to $399.1 billion? To spread freedom in Iraq and to develop a 26 page guideline booklet for Military cookie and brownie regulations
Inspired by Bill Bailey, I fabricated a giant KitKat out of four KitKat Chunkies. Then ate it. I don't know why, I don't even like chocolate. (From “New Links”)
Rainbow Dust is available in following mouth-watering flavors: Banana, Blue Raspberry, Bubblegum, Candy Cane, Cherry, Chocolate, Cotton Candy, Fruit Punch, Grape, Green Apple, Lemon Lime, Key Lime, Kiwi, Orange, Peach, Pineapple, Pink Lemonade, Sour Apple, Sour Black Cherry, Sour Cherry, Sour Grape, Sour Peach, Sour Watermelon, Vanilla & Watermelon
“Sewdorky”, makers of fine felted donuts since 2004
Marzipan Figurines, fruits, vegetables, penguins, burgers, much more. (From “Particles”)
Minicakes from The French Patisserie in Pacifica
How to chop a doughnut into 13 pieces with three cuts. How to blow up a rolo candy. How to make Monkey Pops
Champagne jelly above from pastry chef Blair Fukumura. Many More Unusual Sweets and Unusual Chocolates Here
January 29, 2005 in Food - Desserts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
The Pain, When Will It End?
“You’ve won!... Made me admit that I love you! What more do you want… To taunt? To gloat?” Jenny Miller’s archives of Golden era romance comics
Mr. Gisby’s Totally Gay Petshop from Andrew Georgiou
Moomins, the premiere Finnish national cartoon export. I remember them from my years in Denmark
Mug Travel with your host Backkom the bear
The Comics Curmudgeon reads & comments on a comic strip every day
The Freak Brothers Factory Store and Rip Off Press - Proudly corrupting the minds of America and the World Since 1969
The Cult of Tintin is the oldest and largest English language Tintin fan site on the Internet
A comment from Sonuva, regarding my contention a few weeks ago: “…I must disagree with your evaluation of Kevin Cornell as B. Kliban's heir apparent. He's funny, but not mind-rendingly so. Tim Kreider of "The Pain, When Will It End?" is, without a doubt, the closest thing to Kliban's wit, irreverence and visual style I've ever seen without being an outright knockoff. I urge you and your readers to immediately point your browsers towards (Kreider's crackpot political views and conspiracy theories) if you're looking for big-ass laughs…"
A Lesson Is Learned But the Damage is Irreversible
7 chapters from The Holy Bible: “You’ve taught me so much about life!”
Draw Your Life as a Comic: Harvey Pekar's 'American Splendor'
American Splendor Graphic Novels
You can find it everywhere: Bunny Suicides
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is “This fish needs a bicycle” , If not for comfort, at least for entertainment's sake. If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
Update! The Voices Behind The Simpsons
Many More Unusual Comics and Comix Here
January 29, 2005 in Comics & Cartoons | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
January 28, 2005
Hello Peace
What is Hello Peace? A phone service that lets Israelis and Palestinians start talking again. From Israel, Gaza or the West Bank? Dial *6364 free from Bezeq or mobile phones. From the USA? Now your call can make a difference
John WorldPeace Galleries
"Peace bombs": The Thai government has dropped an estimated one hundred million paper origami birds in an unusual peace bid
Peace Art Project Cambodia sculptures & furnitures made from de-commissioned weapons in Cambodia. (From “Left Edge North”)
Boy O Boy sings “Weapons of mass effection”: Put down you’re A-K, and drop your bazooka -
50 ways to build world peace
Find Peace of Mind: A site created by Kadampa Buddhists to provide information about meditation techniques
Everything you need to know about nuclear age history
Many More Unusual Links About Peace and About War Here
January 28, 2005 in Peace | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
Branding yourself
Unofficial Calvin Klein Ads Archive. “This is not a catalog. It is merely a collection of previously published Calvin Klein magazine advertisements. I am not affilated with Calvin Klein, Inc.”
"Jabhi Khushi Tabhi Tennent's"; An Indian ad parodying Bollywood 'A film about love, peacocks, and cold, frothy lager...'
A Fark Photoshop project: Create an ad using sex appeal to promote a product that you normally don't think of as sexy. Difficulty: Has to be SFW
Tobacco Advertisements: Richard Pollay's Tobacco Advertising Collection. From “TV Party”: Cigarette Advertising on TV - John Wayne for Camel: "Mild and good tasting pack after pack. And I know, I've been smokin' em for twenty years."
Over 9,000 images about The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 – 1920
Nike: See Lance Ride
DarrenS' Amusing Classified Ads slideshow. “Albino he-she, seeks similar. Call 020 7800 919”
An unsolicited commercial love story about Alicia, the girl in the spam ads
Bond Villains and Bond girls. (From “Snark Hunting” - Naming and Branding in Popular Culture)
Looking for Fry's Electronics weekly ads? This site is updated regularly with current sales and specials at Fry's Electronics
Teacher, meet ad guy. Ad guy, meet teacher.
Forgot to pay your bills? Telephone, electricity, water -
Making the rounds: “Who Needs A Computer Anyway?” Matt Groening Apple Ad from 1989. Some Cool (Mostly Apple-Related) Movies
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is “Rick's Cafe Americain” , (Not this Rick Blaine). If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
A Large Collection of Unusual Ads Here
January 28, 2005 in Advertising | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
January 27, 2005
Exploring Wikipedia
flickr coincidences: Towards the end of last year, I took a picture of (half) an amazing rainbow. Last week, I found someone with the other half
How did the term "Reality-based community" come about? You may think it was invented by some happy go-lucky Democrat blogger, who wanted to proudly define himself. Not so. It’s a derogatory name coined by some Bush aid.
What is a Heavy Metal Umlauts? “Umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface are a form of foreign branding intended to give a band's logo a tough Germanic feel. They are also called röckdöts.” Read all about them on Wikipedia. Then listen to Jon Udell “screencasting”, an inventive demo about the organic development of one Wiki page.
More: Wikipedia:Unusual articles: From “Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz” to "Hitler has only got one ball". Found on Päül Fränkënstëïn). More: The original bad jokes and other entries that didn’t make it
Technorati’s Most talked about MP3s in the last 48 hours
Clusty, the new clustering search engine. Try it and tell me how it works
Cool home pages - get some inspiration daily
The tragic Riverbend’s Iraqi Blog "Baghdad Burning", is being published as a book! I’m surprised that nobody compared the anonymous Riverbend to Anne Frank before
Arianna Huffington’s Political Oscars 2005: Best Performance by a Rodent:
- Movies: Scabbers the rat in "Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban."
- Politics: Tom DeLay
- Biggest Surprise of the Year: "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle."
- Biggest Disappointment: "Dubya and Dick Go Back to the White House."
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is the blog of Salon's managing editor, Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment (Where I found the original Umlaut posting). If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
More to Life On The Internet Here
January 27, 2005 in Internet | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
January 26, 2005
“Necessity is the mother of invention. The father is unknown”
Gramophone burglar alarm, c 1939: "Help, help, the house at 927 North shhhhk 927 North shhhhk 927 North shhhhk 927 North ..." (From "Card House")
The Curta calculating machines were a marvel of mechanical engineering. Designed by Curt Herzstark of Austria, they were manufactured from 1948 through 1970 and continued to be sold until about 1972 when the new electronic pocket calculators came on the market
Over 200 different creativity techniques to help with creative thinking!
Dan Zen - Mad inventor meets Internet finds peace
Jefferson's Copying Machine. A polygraph is a mechanical device that moves a second pen parallel to one held by a writer, enabling the writer to make a duplicate of a document as it is written.
The Eunicycle. Some time ago Trevor Blackwell built a self-balancing two-wheeled scooter. Since then he realized that two wheels are redundant, and only a single wheel is needed to make a ridable vehicle. A vehicle with a single wheel is much smaller and lighter. It weighs under 30 lbs and is easily carried with one hand when going up stairs or on public transportation… Other homegrown bicycles
Wedding Bikes in NYC
Wearable Body Organ: “Scream Body” is a portable space for screaming
A series of randomly-generated product ideas. Design #15036075: It's a wastepaper basket that improves upper-body muscle, has been featured in Star Trek and is oak-paneled
Royal Device developed and built the biggest subwoofer of the world
Fresh Patents: The latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to grant/deny
More Silly patents
The latest news: Turkey droppings fuel power plant
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is Brianstorms , the web log of La Jolla entrepreneur Brian Dear. If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
Many More Unusual Inventions & Discoveries Here
January 26, 2005 in Science & Inventions | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
January 25, 2005
Step-by-Step Logo
How to design a logo, a step-by-step guide, from “Idea Book”
32 teeth online, Dental art by Dr. Bhalajhi Sundaresa Iyyer
The Ballerina Gallery, a tribute to great ballerinas of the past
Current international Artist ranking according to a special algorithm. Picasso is number one, Gerhard Richter (?) is number five. (From Kottke)
The Story behind “Kryptos”. Artist Jim Sandborn created a sculpture with an encrypted message on the CIA grounds. In 15 years only 3/4 of it have been decoded
Ron Mueck’s “Mask2”
Theater and Greek Masks by designer Alyssa Ravenwood
Art of the First World War, a guided tour
Toilygraph creations. The Toilygraph is an abstract product of Adrian Rodriguez. A creative technique by dropping colorful dyes into the toilet bowl. Rodriguez has turned the bathroom into a photo art studio. Sometimes spending hours getting the dye to drip precisely, with little mess.
Have a splendiferous day with Drawing from the Masters, by illustrator Paige Pooler
China Kaleidoscope by Wang Qinqsong
“This gallery has a large selection of prints by Ann Chernow"
"I Voted" stickers, Iraq 2005 version. Also there, BOMB-A-TRON, a handy tool for embedded reporters who need to file stories about the latest car bombing in Iraq
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is “Snarky Malarkey”, creator of “Subversive Cross Stitch” (At least, I think she is. If not, let me know). If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
A Large Collection of Unusual Art Links Here
January 25, 2005 in Modern Art | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
January 24, 2005
Oh lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
This Blogger’s new wheels. Very nice, thank you...
Discover Paris in a truly personalized manner aboard your very own Citroën 2CV. (From ”Latitudes”)
The Brabus Maybach: When $370,000 is not enough car for you. Serious Wheels got you covered for all your splurging needs
Yes, you can cook in your car —but do you really want to? Yes
All models of The Packard Motor Car Company since 1903
What does your car horn says about you
The gathering place for people who like to see cars get helplessly stuck, bogged, mired or trapped in gooey mud, thick muck, slippery clay, deep snow, soft sand, or slick ice
Art Cars at The San Jose Museum of Art
More About The Ultimate Driving Experience Here
January 24, 2005 in Cars | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack
And the Winner of the 2004 Sack of Jawea Blog Award -
Jay Niemann’s Give, Get ,Take, Have is the hands-down winner of the “First Annual (2004) Sack of Jawea Blog Award” that The Corpuscle decided to give. What a nice gesture. Congratulations to the single participant
Lots of ‘Best’ lists pop up. Here’s The Best Arab Blogs Awards
Norman Geras of “Normblog” Interviews bloggers, and includes this profile of Saddam Hussein
Scott Rosenberg disagrees that if “you link it, you own it”. I concur: Even when I link to weird sites, like The American Nazi Party, I don’t own them. This is not like invading Iraq.
Blog Television: Stop Reading and Start Watching
Shannon's blog tells all about her romantic search
A large list of medical blogs, divided by categories: Physicians, nurses, patients, geeks
Why should Venture Capitalists blog?
I started working out again, finally, and I also discovered a list of Running blogs
List of Companies that have fired people for blogging and The new “International Bloggers’ Bill of Rights”
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is Dennis Fox's Weblog, Political and Personal Observations. If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
Many More Unusual Blogs and Bloggers Here
January 24, 2005 in World of Blogging | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
January 23, 2005
Rectal glaucoma
PERSON 1: That's an awful gash you've got on your forehead! How did you get it?
PERSON 2: I bit myself.
PERSON 1: How the hell did you manage to bite yourself on the forehead?
PERSON 2: I stood on a chair.
Defective Yeti, inventor of jokes
Top Ten Reasons to Procrastinate:
10.
Totally Waspy Jokes about your mother. (Thank you, Karen)
With mean friends like that who needs enemies?
From “Dribble Glass”: I called my boss to tell him I'll be out sick. The boss pressed for specifics, so I said, "Sir, I have rectal glaucoma ." "And what does that mean?" asked the boss. "I just can't see my ass coming in to work today." I replied
Five Things I'm Glad I Learned By Watching The Mistakes of Others
"What's for lunch?" my husband asked as I worked in the garden.
"Whatever you prepare," I replied curtly. "Imagine I'm dead. What would you do then?" "Okay," he said, and disappeared into the kitchen. An hour later I called to him from the garden and asked how it was going. "Very well," he replied. "I had a lovely salad." "What about me?" I asked. "I thought you were dead," he said.
It was not the detergent that killed the dog
A few lame reactions to the worst joke in the history of mankind
The sign on the Israeli store in the photo above reads: “We are open! We have a suicide bomber every other day. Yesterday we had one.” Many More Jokes and other Funny Stuff Here
January 23, 2005 in Jokes | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Yo!
Right now you can hear Yo-Yo Ma Playing Ennio Morricone on his homepage: The Mission, Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon a Time in America, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Untouchables, more
A duel of two violins in Corona Station
Someone asked Mr. Sun if he wanted to go see The Eagles when they come to North Carolina. He almost did a scalding Starbucks spit-take. The Eagles? They've been around for 32 years. So he got to thinking, How are things different for The Eagles now?
Jay-Zeezer's 99 Luft Problems Mesh up - “99 Red Balloons" and "99 Problems and the bitch ain’t one." (From Matthew Yglesias)
Here’s an archival audio tapes by Glenn Gould
Girl groups of the early 1960s. Most people can remember a handful of girl groups: perhaps the Supremes, the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las. But there were actually hundreds of artists, both groups and solo singers, who were part of the girl-group era from 1960-1966
A massive database with over 1800 science and math songs
Hello! Surprise! A guide to swedish pop music: 195 bands listed
17 individual artists' interpretations of the Wakka Chikka Wakka Chikka. (From The Barry Bittwister Cabal)
Windmusic by Roger Winfield, the only person in the history of the world to take an orchestra of Aeolian Harps on tour
Another dead old rocker. “A benefit concert last year raised $36,000 for Spencer Dryden, who was facing hip replacement and heart surgery at the time and whose home had been destroyed by fire. He was diagnosed with cancer later last year”. Why can’t they all die young?
Michael Jackson’s Lego Thriller
I’ll have a A side of Google, please
(Thank you, Nos')
Many More Unusual Music Expressions Here
January 23, 2005 in Music_ | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Vote and Die
This posting is not pretty. I am very angry that only “Lefties” care about the human toll as Iraq is slipping into a civil war.
The Devastation of Iraq, by Dahr Jamail; Where to start? The Tsunami of Iraq
Also from Dahr Jamail, The Face of War: Photos that were taken by US military personnel in Fallujah on November 19, 2004. They were taken in order to identify the dead, as well as used to track where the bodies were later buried in Fallujah. (Warning, as graphic as it goes)
Crymtome eyeball series, a slew of (mostly) ugly photos
Crisis pictures. These men were alive a month ago. Unlike most Iraqis killed or injured, we keep track of their names
Inagural Leak: Iraq Exit Strategy Unveiled
Birding Babylon, a different blog about birds in Iraq by a National Guard soldier. (From "Metafilter")
Torture R Us: The future of death squads
Blackwater USA, a provider of fine management consulting tools for the Arab territories and beyond, Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Doing the Math: "100-150 deaths a week may sound like a lot. But for a country of 26 million, that comes to a rate of 14-20 dead per 100,000 population per year. Other countries are more violent, like Columbia and South Africa..."
Hammurabi, Iraq’s first unifier
Military Photos of American airfield in Iraq. Many more at Strategy page
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is ”Beyond Northern Iraq”, by Stuart Hughes, a producer with BBC News, who lost a leg in 2003 while covering the war there. If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
More About The Upcoming Civil War in Iraq Here
January 23, 2005 in War in Iraq | Permalink | Comments (9) | TrackBack
January 22, 2005
“I was the shadow of the waxwing slain”
Nabokov postcards and paperback cover art
The deliciously precocious "Olsen Twins" recently sat down with Star Talk host Humbert Humbert to dish about the price of fame, the creative process, and the elusive nature of Man
“Medium-sized index card bearing portion of ms. poem by John Shade. One of the most important American poets of his generation; second in skill, perhaps, only to his great contemporary Robert Frost, John Shade did not live to see this work, his final masterpiece, in print. He had just completed the fair copy when he was murdered, on July 21, 1959, by one Jack de Grey or Degree, a mental patient (an escapee from the Institute for the Criminally Insane) who mistook him for the Judge Goldsworthy who had condemned Grey to prison…” Many other curious items from the collection at the Subtly-Askew Museum!
What is Pale Fire? (It’s also my favorite Nabokov book)
A Portrait of a young Vladimir Nabokov by Harumi Maekawa
Saint Petersburg of Vladimir Nabokov
Nabokovilia is a collection of quotes by writers who have snuck references to Nabokov and things Nabokovian into their work
Michael Chabon’s Talk delivered at the Nabokov Museum, St. Petersburg, 1 June 2000
Alvin Toffler’s Playboy interview with Nabokov. (1963. From Nabokov Interviews. Scroll down for English, unless you read Russian)
Many More Unusual Vladimir Nabokov Links Here
January 22, 2005 in Books - Nabokov | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
“If I only had one tooth, I think I would brush it a real long time”
Portraits by Andres Eccles, from The Steve Martin blog, Sharing Steve
Cruel Shoes was Steve Martin's first book. It contained a number of short absurd pieces that are not easily classified. If you live in Southern California, try ‘The Diarrhea Gardens of El Camino Real’
He gave his life for tourism! Steve Martin King Tut skit. But Steve Martin had to come clean: King Tut was not a honky
The Comedy Butchers. (From “Blort”)
“If a man is smiling all the time he's probably selling something that doesn't work”. Things to Watch Out For, and other Carlinisms
Did you take the pills? "Pharmacy" from “Olde English” site
50 Most Loathsome People in America. I like No. 3:
"3. You
Crimes: You gaze idly at the carnage around you, sigh, and go calmly back to your coffee and your People magazine. You can’t stop buying useless crap, though you’re drowning in a deepening pool of debt. You think you’re an activist because you bitch all day on the internet, but you reelect the same gangsters at a 99% rate. You consider yourself informed because you waste a significant portion of your life watching the same three news stories cycle over and over again on your gargantuan, aerodynamic television set while you eat processed food…"
Unassembled Snowman for sale - Cheap! (Can look like this)
Claire Zulkey’s Interview with Ben Karlin, the Executive Producer of "The Daily Show."
Slate’s Elegy for Dave Barry
(Btw, Nos’, knock it off…)
Talking about comedians, today’s “Blog Of The Day” is Nat Friedman’s “Nat”: “Biography lends to death a new terror”. If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
Many Of The Best Comedians in the World Here
January 22, 2005 in Comedians | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
January 21, 2005
Will you sail with this man into the horizon?
My cousin, Sammy, is looking for an eligible woman to join him on his trip around the world. Sammy left his job as a software engineer in New York City, bought himself a beautiful boat, and decided to sail away from it all. After 12 months of adventures in the Caribbean, he is now on his way to Panama and the Pacific Ocean. His original plan was to sail for a couple of years, but now it seems that his trip may last much longer.
Sammy has it all together. He is really a good guy, and I feel that he had built for himself the kind of reality that most people only dream about. He now wants to find a female company that will join him on his trip.
If you have any interest in talking to him about it, please contact me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, and I will forward him your email address, for a follow-up.
(Please be aware that I will take no responsibility of anything that may transpire between Sammy and whoever may or may not join him, and for any or all future doings between the parties). Good luck to you.
New seafaring links:
Original fiberglass boat designs from the 50's & 60's. (Found on “Eye of the Goof”)
Cutaway & Technical Illustrations of a Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship by Kevin Hulsey
Naval Art, by Michael Donegan
SS United States. The fastest ocean liner ever built, and the largest passenger liner to be built in the USA
Everybody can whore themselves for a fee: Left Wing cruises, Salon Magazine cruises or Right Wing Cruises. (From “Nuggets”)
You can simply enjoy the teaching and fellowship of Dr. Jerry Falwell, Chancellor of Liberty University and Pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, on this adventure of a lifetime
Alang, Gujarat is where ships from across the world are sent to be wrecked. A shipbreaking industry has emerged as a consequence, which is spelling doom for the ecology of the region. (From “At The Heart Of It”)
Ocean liner history and cruise ship news
More Unusual Yachting Links Here
January 21, 2005 in Boating | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Children with Cameras
Empowering Kids with Cameras, the story of a group of kids whose families live and work in the Brothels of Calcutta
Girl on A Bike from File’s Unexpected Photography
The story behind the found photos, taken in 1958 and developed recently from this purchased box of film
Chromasia, David J. Nightingale’s photoblog
Early Alaskan and Polar photography
No Traces: Old American cars in Havana. (From “Reflex”. Reflex’s 26 Things)
False Perspective. (From Buzz)
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is from Mountain View, CA, "Rash" - Carrots for Breakfast. Congratulations, Rash, on your 5-year anniversary. If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
(Photo above by Cecil J. Williams)
Many More Unusual Photography Links Here
January 21, 2005 in Photography | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
El Duderino
Bowling for Buddha - Lebowski as the Buddha and the film is all about enlightenment
For sale in Germany: Dude sandals
For sale in America: Limited Edition Nixon Bowling Bobblehead
Bunnie's Basement is the place to get your Big Lebowski artifacts and replicas. Or to ask Bunnie anything Lebowski related. Are you a Lebowski Achiever? Check out the Time Mirror page and the Memorial Page
Current Bunny: Tara Reid’s wardrobe malfunction (Warning: Includes a malfunction)
Bill Green’s new Poster design for Lebowski Fest West - L.A.
The The Lebowski Fest Report from “Thighs Wide Shut”
Get all your Lebowski merchandize on eBay
Joel & Ethan Coen’s Other projects. (From Colin Scroggins)
Pipi Max will pee on your rug: Wal, a wiser fella than m'self once said, sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar, wal, he eats you
Much More About rolling on the Shabbas Here
January 21, 2005 in Cinema - "The Big Lebowski" | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
January 20, 2005
Horse d'ovary
“To eat good food is to be close to God“. A delicious library of French Fromages
“The NPR documentary The Forager reminded me of my Dad, who was also big on foraging in Southern California. He would pick wild mustard greens after the spring rains in the San Gabriel Valley; green olives from South Hills homes that only used the trees for landscaping; a laurel tree in the Sears parking lot provided bay leaves for decades; leftover grapes from the Cucamonga vineyards after they were machine-picked…”
Iron Chef America - “The Battle for Kitchen Stadium” online Game!
Edible Inks for baking. Goes well together with Edible Paper, an edible starch based confection that can be airbrushed or easily cut into desired shapes. It is slightly flexible, but is not designed for printer use
Tools designed for food preparation: Very Useful Tools, Somewhat Useful Tools, Seldom Used Tools and Rarely Used Tools
From Flickr: Chinese Salad Architecture. When one's only allowed one trip to the Pizza Hut salad bar, creative salad architecture ensues. Also there, Japanese Pringles
Tabasco Label Art. (From “Magnolia Glen”)
Re-post: The hottest hot sauces known to man and their stories: Blair's 5A.M. and 6 A.M., The Source, Magma 4, Smack My Ass and Call Me Sally, more.
Ketchup Armageddon, at Food Art Gallery. Also, “Mango Love”: Simple Recipes That Will Help You Get Laid . A random collection of Livejournal’s Foodpix
Don’t Gross Out The World, The International Dining Etiquette Quiz for kids. (From “Verbatim”)
Today’s “Blog Of The Day” is Teresa Nielsen Hayden’s ”Making Light” - Reality-based language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. If you wish to have your blog considered as “Blog Of The Day”, or if you know of a blog that should get same recognition, please email me at realhanan (at) yahoo (dot) com, or post a comment at the bottom of this post.
Many More Unusual Dining Experiences Here
January 20, 2005 in Food | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Disney Shorts
The Weird Years Of Disney Animated Feature Films: Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Toad Of Toad Hall
Did Disney produce an animated film called The Story of Menstruation?
Rotten’s biography of Uncle Walt
The $120 million dollar Ovitz at Disney Opera